Workplace reviews and discussion: 普拉瑞斯創意整合有限公司

1. A training ground for newcomers

1. Management changes directions on a whim, so people often end up busywork and redoing things, but they will only say that you are not good at communicating upward and do not understand what they want.

2. The constant busywork and redoing often lead to overtime. Even when they see you working overtime, they will say: “I really don’t understand what you’re busy with.”

3. There is no overtime pay or compensatory leave for overtime on weekdays, only an NT$80 dinner allowance. For overtime on holidays, you must submit an application, and you will only receive compensatory leave if your supervisor approves it.

4. The company’s new products are proposed whenever the boss comes up with an idea, and then they have to be developed immediately. They are often sold to customers before development is mature, with customers being asked to “try” them and any problems adjusted afterward.

5. A website contract is signed in March, development does not begin until August, and customers are pressured to sign off on completion before the September launch.

6. Raises depend on whether you bring in business, regardless of whether you are in sales, or whether management likes you.

7. The managers believe that when employees resign, it is the employees’ problem.

8. This company wants obedient, compliant people. As soon as you have a different idea, they will try to indoctrinate you with management’s ideas. If that does not work, you will be regarded as a “heretic” or “someone the supervisor does not like.”

9. More than half of the employees have stayed for less than a year; the turnover rate is extremely high.